. >> president obama's victory ushered a new much more liberal america? a lot of people asking tonight. we have "the new york times" columnist frank bruney. welcome to you, both. it seems to what the president is saying there, it doesn't matter if you are black, white, hispanic, asian, native american, young, old, rich, poor. you can make it here. he is rying to revive that. is he capable of delivering the old american dream in a second term? >> no. he's not, and i think -- what the democrats need to do is what the president needs to do is to actually have a way forward and to talk turkey about the fact that it isn't going to be like it was anymore. i think where he succeeded, and are we a more liberal america? in a social, cultural way? unquestionably. that was the big point tonight. on gay marriage, pop initiatives. not a judicial decision, not a legislative decision. the people in maine, maryland, in washington state, saying, yeah, we're fine with this. with gay marriage. you see on the marijuana legalization in washington, colorado. i think the cultur